Acer
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Five best laptops to suit any budgetWith so many choices, picking a new laptop that does what you want it to, without over or under paying, is difficult. Here’s a guide to a few solid options. By Samuel Gibbs
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PC market still headed down - but not as quickly, says IDCThe end of Windows XP and a slowdown in tablet sales have both helped stem the declining desktop PC market - but market still forecast to shrink. By Charles Arthur
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How the 'value trap' squeezes Windows PC makers' revenues and profitsCharles Arthur: Analysis of the revenues and profits for the 'big five' PC manufacturers - HP, Lenovo, Dell, Asus and Acer - which make more than 60% of the Windows PC - shows a multi-year squeeze on prices and profits. What next?
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Boot up: GS4's 20m, canvas demos, Apple iCloud phishing, and more
Charles Arthur: Plus do more cores mean smarter phones?, Spain's telecom woes, Acer Iconia reviewed, and more
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Boot up: the Net v middle classes, missing apps on Windows, Twitter hacks, and more
Charles Arthur: Plus Windows Blue named and priced, Acer and Asus revenues, how to beat clickjacking, Adobe cloud priced, and more
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Boot up: Rubin's farewell, BlackBerry's new million, Apple disses Samsung and more
Charles Arthur and Josh Halliday: Plus IDC's Android tablet forecast more closely examined, Acer talks up Windows 8 (on tablets), travel agents' worries and more
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Sayonara, netbooks: Asus (and the rest) won't make any more in 2013
A five-year lifespan turned out to be all that netbooks got. Acer and Asus are stopping manufacture from 1 January 2013 - ending what once looked like the future of computing. By Charles Arthur
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Why Google's clash with Acer and Alibaba strains China's Android market
The row between Google and its Open Handset Alliance partner Acer - which dropped a plan to offer a smartphone with Alibaba in China - points to bigger threats to Android's unity in the world's largest smartphone market. By Charles Arthur
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Boot up: Flash's mobile death, iPad mini figured, Windows 8 benchmarked and more
Charles Arthur and Josh Halliday: Plus the truth about the 'people prefer keyboards' story, China's group buy sites go away, the problem with Acer and more
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Boot up: Grindr 'hacked to expose private pictures', Apple's secrets, and more
Plus the MegaUpload indictment in full, and Acer says ultrabooks to account for 25-35% of its notebook shipments in 2012
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Acer, Asus and Dell 'to exit Android tablets'
Charles Arthur: Website quotes suppliers saying PC makers are pulling back from the Android tablet market. Are they just waiting for Windows 8?
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Boot up: Google kills products, photographing Steve Jobs, down with word clouds and more
Charles Arthur: Plus Acer's 'ultrabook' reviewed, what you might do with Siri, pricing Apple stores and more
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Acer hit by success of Apple's iPadTaiwan PC maker posts worse-than-expected quarterly loss, the first in the company's history
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Acer to cut 300 jobs in Europe
World's second-biggest PC maker will also cut notebook and and tablet shipments. By Charles Arthur and agencies
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The netbook is down and out as Acer and Google back away
What once seemed like the saviour of the industry has turned instead into a millstone for companies like Acer
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Boot up: Twitter kills Quickbar, Acer implodes over tablet strategy, and more
Josh Halliday: A quick burst of links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team
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Boot up: Newzbin2 to subvert web blocking, Apple boost in Nokia patent battle, and more
Plus iPad 2 owners report FaceTime issue, and Acer locates its 'missing' tablet strategy
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Acer Aspires to lead us into 3D computing
Jack Schofield: There's a growing interest in 3D movies and games, and Acer is pioneering 3D displays in laptops – but the Acer Aspire 5738DZG probably doesn't have enough appeal for mainstream buyers
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Acer Timeline 3810T
Technophile: The Acer Timeline is a stylish – but pricey – compromise between netbook and notebook
PC market still shrinking, with smaller firms squeezed out